• Localized, multi-scalar analysis of food systems reveals how household provisioning, urban distribution, and regional markets interact to produce context-specific sustenance strategies across geographies [14], [8], [19], [10], [18], [16].

• Globalization and policy pressures frame agri-food systems as outcomes of global regulation, capital flows, and transnational markets, reshaping local provisioning and food security [5], [15], [1], [12], [17].

• Sub-national governance and policy spaces significantly shape resource use and food system outcomes, highlighting the role of local institutions in steering agricultural and food distribution dynamics [7], [11], [13].

• Nutrition and food security are analyzed through consumption patterns, urban vulnerability, and household outcomes across diverse settings, linking behavior to markets and policy [4], [20], [10], [18], [16], [19].

• Historical and critical sociology traces the emergence of the modern agri-food system, examining colonial legacies, industrial transitions, and the evolution of global supply chains [1], [2], [15], [12].